Samuel Dill
Irish-born classical scholar, historian and educationalist (1844–1924)
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Life
He was born on 26 March 1844, the eldest son of Rev. Marcus Dill, DD, presbyterian minister of Hillsborough, and Anna Dill (née Moreland).[1][2]
He was educated at the Geneva Theological College, and at Queen's College, Belfast, taking a degree in arts in 1864.[1][2]
Dill wrote a number of histories of Roman culture and religion, including Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius, Roman Society in the Last Century of the Western Empire, and Roman Society in Gaul in the Merovingian Age.[1][2]